20090515_958394577_8.lee willingham - improved smallholder pig production

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Securing Rural Livelihoods through

Improved Smallholder Pig Production inEastern and Southern Africa

A. Lee Willingham, Maria V. Johansen, Stig Thamsborg

Section for Parasitology, Health and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Frederiksberg, Denmark

and

The Cysticercosis Working Group for Eastern and Southern Africa


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The pig population in Africa increased 284%during the 20 year period 19801999 - far more

than for any other livestock species during thattime period and the trend continues.


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Increasing popularity of pigs in ESA.Pigs are prolific!


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PIG DISTRIBUTION IN AFRICAPIG DISTRIBUTION IN AFRICA

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< 20,000

20,000 - 100,000

100,000 - 500,000

500,000 - 1 mill ion

1 - 5 million

> 5 million


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Trend in pig population growth for individual Eastern and

Southern Africa countries from 1961-2000 (FAO, 2001)

0 200 400 600 800 1000

Kenya

Uganda

Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Mozambique

Pigs (x 1000)

1961

1980

2000

Now estimate more than 1.7 million pigs in Uganda!

Unofficial estimates of > 1.6 million pigs in Mozambique.


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Farmers report serious obstacles toproducing and marketing their pigs


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Free-ranging most popular way of raising pigs


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Iringa

Chunya

Songea

Mbulu

Mgeta

Main pig

rearing areasof Tanzania

No evidence cysticercosis endemic

Cysticercosis endemic


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Consequences of

obstacles to raising

and marketing pigs

Reduced household income

Loss of important protein sourceReduction in tradeStigmatisationIncapacitation - lowered productivity

Public health costs


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Clandestine livestock market indowntown Lusaka more than 20%of pigs infected with Taenia solium!

Eastern and

Southern Africa ingeneral:

Lack of officialslaughtering facilities forpigs

Lack of official porkinspection and control

Inadequate porkinspection guidelines


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Great need to have a better understanding of pig

rearing practices in ESA in order to improve them

Conduct a review of pig demography

How many pigs are there really in ESA?

Where are they?

What is their density?

Describe the pig management/marketing systems

being practised

Describe other relevant issues related to pigs andpork

Training courses/training centers

National pork inspection and control guidelines

Slaughtering facilities


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DANIDA-funded pilot study on improving smallholder

pig health and production in Mozambique Conducted in two districts (one in north; one in south) over a period of

eighteen months Objectives:

collect information about pig management and pig health in the family farmingsector

assist the participating farmers to identify problems and to find practicalsolutions to the problems

Participatory workshops and field visits with farmers and extension

officers, during which the farmers were able to put forward theirsuggestions for improving their farming operations Regional stakeholders workshop in Maputo

research and development priorities were identified opportunities for regional cooperation were discussed

Major constraints for pig production: African Swine Fever Cysticercosis Nutrition


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Project proposal: Securing rural Livelihoods throughImproved smallholder Pig Production in

Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP) Submitted to DANIDA with Tanzania and Mozambique partners in

Feb 2009 for three years support under a call on food security

Goal: develop and assess evidence-based, safe, humane andprofitable smallholder pig production model systems, using locallyavailable resources, involving private entrepreneurs to supply

tools, and providing training and education from farm to universitylevel

Immediate objectives:

Key solutions to improved pig productivity, health, welfare, andproduct safety developed and assessed for effectiveness, efficacy,appropriateness and acceptability among smallholder pig farmers

Capacity built to support sustainable development of safe, humaneand profitable smallholder pig production


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Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP)

Hypothesis is that the key to a high level of food

security in this sector is:

1. Effective and efficient, safe and humane pig production throughappropriate management and disease control, mainly aimed at African

Swine Fever and Porcine Cysticercosis

2. Provision of slaughter facilities and appropriate meat inspection andhandling of condemned carcasses

3.An effective marketing and retail system, e.g. transport, and cooling


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Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP)Work package 1. Smallholder pig production model systems (2 MSc)

Expected outputs:

1.1. Smallholder pig production model systems developed and approved bycommunities.

Work package 2. Assessment of intervention models (3 PhD + 3

MSc)Expected output:

2.1. Effectiveness and efficacy of community approved smallholder pig productionsystems assessed.

2.2. Effectiveness and efficacy of specific control and prevention measures for pig

diseases with emphasis on cysticercosis, other parasitic diseases and African SwineFever assessed.

2.3. Impact of improved pig production systems on farmers livelihoods evaluated.


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Mozambique and Tanzania (SLIPP)Work packages 3. Training and technology transfer

Outputs:

3.1. Opportunities for development of technologies and products needed forpromoting safe, humane, profitable, and acceptable small scale pig productionidentified.

3.2. Capacity built to locally support smallholder pig farmers, farmadvisors/extension officers, meat inspectors and veterinarians on pig production,

health, welfare and product safety.3.3. Capacity strengthened to conduct research on pig production and health atpartner institutions.


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SLIPP, if funded, will be helpful for providing

further information concerning pig productionsystems in ESA.

What is needed is a major regional initiativeon understanding and improving smallholderpig systems in subSaharan Africa.

Multilateral/Bilateral Donor Agencies andInternational Foundations/Organisationsshould consider this issue for futureinvestment for livestock developmentassistance in Africa!


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Thanks foryour

attention!

Mange tak!

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